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Now THATS WHAT I AM TALKIN BOUT.
....in Colorado? This may be old news but I just learned of it now. A good friend of mine was a little excited about this. haha
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/...rmarijuana.ap/
Denver voters OK marijuana measure
DENVER (AP) -- Residents of the Mile High City have voted to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults. Authorities, though, said state possession laws will be applied instead.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, 54 percent, or 56,001 voters, cast ballots for the ordinance, while 46 percent, or 48,632 voters, voted against it.
Under the measure, residents over 21 years old could possess up to an ounce of marijuana.
"We educated voters about the facts that marijuana is less harmful to the user and society than alcohol," said Mason Tvert, campaign organizer for SAFER, or Safer Alternatives For Enjoyable Recreation. "To prohibit adults from making the rational, safer choice to use marijuana is bad public policy."
Bruce Mirken of the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project said he hoped the approval will launch a national trend toward legalizing a drug whose enforcement he said causes more problems than it cures.
Seattle, Oakland, California, and a few college towns already have laws making possession the lowest law enforcement priority.
The Denver proposal seemed to draw at least as much attention for supporters' campaign tactics as it did for the question of legalizing the drug.
Tvert argued that legalizing marijuana would reduce consumption of alcohol, which he said leads to higher rates of car accidents, domestic and street violence and crime.
The group criticized Mayor John Hickenlooper for opposing the proposal, noting his ownership of a popular brewpub. It also said recent violent crimes -- including the shootings of four people last weekend -- as a reason to legalize marijuana to steer people away from alcohol use.
Those tactics angered local officials and some voters. Opponents also said it made no sense to prevent prosecution by Denver authorities while marijuana charges are most often filed under state and federal law.
The measure would not affect the medical marijuana law voters approved in 2000. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana laws in Colorado and nine other states would not protect licensed users from federal prosecution.
Also Tuesday, voters in the ski resort town of Telluride rejected a proposal to make possession of an ounce or less of marijuana by people 18 or older the town's lowest law enforcement priority. The measure was rejected on a vote of 308-332.
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I can see Mouse moving to Colorado now.
Now THATS WHAT I AM TALKIN BOUT.
*cough*...personally...*cough*...*hack*, i dont condone the...*cough*...*cough*...use of illicit, *hack*...drugs...*gurrggle gurrggle gurrggle*....*puff*....but...*cough* *cough* *cough*...to each his...*hack*...*cough*...own.
Marijuana should not be called a drug.
The Federal laws still count so it's iffy territory. But yea we need to worry about meth and yayo more. Meth is the scourge right now...
Texas will never be this cool about herb. It's a damn shame.
The State of Colorado still makes Doja possession illegal, so it's a legalization is spirit only.
Not going to fly. Useless law because state and federal laws still apply which make Marijuana illegal. The SC ruled on this a while back, and this new legislation is the legal equivlant of banging your head against a wall.
This sucks since I quit smoking two 1/2 months ago ,
But If I don't hear from Toyota by next Friday? It's back to the old mouse
Yea, I told Luis that it was too good to be true.
but the denver cops are gonna be like "it's cool yo. smoke some with your boy."
I find funny that its called the
Mile High City
Where is Luis, I haven't seen him in awhile. He's been awfully quiet or I just haven't noticed him lol Is he moving to CO now?
I know where I am going to retire now.
I am so surprised that the pharmaceutical companies allowed this to happen.
This will cost them millions of dollars in Colorado is pain management drugs.
OH sweet lord plea let'um legal i it.
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